Bot. [f. the name of the Spanish physician and botanist, F. M. Sobral.] A genus of orchids; a plant belonging to this genus.
1866. Treas. Bot., 1068/1. Sobralia, one of the genera of orchids of the tribe Vanillidæ.
1882. Garden, 9 Dec., 508/3. The Sobralias are Central American Orchids.
